Metal News

Sellers Mfg. Inc. complex and office in Milford, Ind. Lippert Components has acquired the operating assets of Sellers Mfg.

Stocks to watch on the Australian Securities Exchange at noon: AIO - ASCIANO GROUP - down 1.5 cents at $1.71 FGL - FOSTER'S GROUP LTD - up one cent at $6.12 Foster's Group chief financial officer Angus McKay has resigned from the beverage company to join ports and rail operator Asciano Group in a similar position.

On July 28, 2010, Noranda Income Fund and Xstrata Zinc announced that they had entered into a non-binding letter of intent with respect to a potential acquisition of the Fund by Xstrata for a cash consideration of C$3.40 per Priority Unit.

Stocks to watch on the Australian Securities Exchange on Thursday: AEC - AMMTEC LTD - steady at $3.80 CPB - CAMPBELL BROTHERS LTD - down one cent at $31.86 Takeover target Ammtec has rejected a revised offer from soap and chemicals manufacturer Campbell Brothers, saying it undervalues the company and does not reflect Ammtec's strong earnings ...

Henry Co., VA - RTI International Metals won't be hiring the promised 150 workers as soon as most had hoped.

The mood in the BHP Billiton camp has been distinctly relaxed since the world's largest miner secretly hatched plans for its $39 billion Potash bid about five months ago.

L.B. Foster Co., a rail-industry supplier in Green Tree, sweetened its cash tender offer for Portec Rail Products Inc.

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. says suitor BHP Billiton is calling its customers a oeto sow seeds of doubt and confusion about the futurea of the Canadian company.

U.S. precious metals prices were mixed on the final trading day in August and during the month itself. Gold prices finished above $1,250 an ounce — its highest level...

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RTI International Metals now projects its new Henry County plants will be a $120 million investment - the largest in the company's history - when they go into full production in 2012, its vice chair, president and CEO said Tuesday.

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. said BHP Billiton Ltd. has been cold-calling some of its customers in bid to "undermine" the world's biggest fertilizer maker as part of a $40 billion hostile takeover bid.

A Cleveland company gave an enormous gift Monday to a Cleveland school, one that has been doing things "differently" since it was established a few years ago.

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From The Canadian Press, August 30, 2010 - 12:39 a.m.

Spot nonferrous metal prices Mon. Aluminum $... k640-1 ap NEW YORK Spot nonferrous metal prices Mon.

BHP Billiton's chief, Marius Kloppers, made a splash with an aggressive bid for Potash Corp , but behind the scenes the war room is being led by the miner's top deal maker, Alberto Calderon.

By Bill Hanna FORT WORTH -- As the Trinity River Vision project moves forward, the relocation of the Commercial Metals Co.